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HEXACO 60

Sixty items across the six HEXACO dimensions, the length most often used in published research with this model.

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At a glance

Questions
60
Typical time
Under 10 min
Time limit
20 min
Age
18+
Cost
Free
Compared with
Adults generally

5-point scale ranging from “Strongly Disagree” to “Strongly Agree”

HEXACO 60

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What it reports

6 scales

  • Honesty-Humility self-serving / sincere
  • Emotionality unsentimental / sensitive
  • Extraversion reserved / outgoing
  • Agreeableness challenging / accommodating
  • Conscientiousness spontaneous / organised
  • Openness conventional / inventive

You get a score on each, read against adults generally. Neither end of a scale is the better end.

What it measures

Six dimensions rather than five. HEXACO adds honesty-humility, covering sincerity, fairness and modesty, which the Big Five spreads across its other scales. Sixty questions is the standard length for this model.

How a result is read
Very low2%Low14%Average68%High14%Very high2%

Your score is read against adults generally. The bands below come from the shape of a normal distribution, which is the model the scoring assumes rather than a count from a reference sample. Most people sit in the middle and both ends are rare by definition, so a band is a position in a distribution, not a verdict.

Good uses

  • A full six-dimension profile in about twenty minutes.
  • Seeing where you sit relative to adults generally.
  • Comparing honesty-humility against your Big Five result.

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Known limits

  • It records how you see yourself, not how you behave. The two come apart whenever you have a reason to look good.
  • Scores describe tendencies across many situations, not what you will do in any single one of them.
  • It cannot tell you which job, course or partner to choose.

Other tests

Covering similar ground: HEXACO 100 and Big Five 50.

How it works

Three steps, then a result

  1. You answer

    60 questions, under 10 min. There is no penalty for stopping early, but leaving the page loses your answers.

  2. It is scored

    Scoring happens the moment you finish. Nothing is queued, emailed later or charged for.

  3. You read it against adults

    Your score is placed against adults generally, which is the one comparison group held for this test.

Length, against others measuring the same thing
16 Personality Factors, 163 questions Personality Types, 70 questions HEXACO 100, 100 questions BIG FIVE 300, 300 questions BIG FIVE 120, 120 questions BIG FIVE 50, 50 questions HEXACO 24, 24 questions BIG FIVE 10, 10 questions

10 this test: 60 300

How you answer

Disagree Agree

What you get

Your results, and their limits

As soon as you finish

You see your score on each scale the test measures, together with a short note on what that scale refers to and how to read the number. There is no charge.

Scores are read against adults generally. That is a way of interpreting the score rather than a percentile against a normed sample, so it tells you what the score means rather than where you rank among people of your age, occupation or country.

What it will not tell you

It is not a diagnosis and not a clinical assessment. It will not tell you whether you are suited to a particular job or course, and a score is not a verdict on you.

Results depend on how carefully and honestly you answer. If a result concerns you, or you are struggling, speak to a doctor or a licensed psychologist. Terms of use.

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